"Black Panther #2" is a wild, white-knuckle ride featuring gorgeously-illustrated panels, intense action sequences, and enough intrigue to keep us guessing and expectant for the next issue. Read Full Review

The costume designs, construction of action sequences, and plot by this creative team seem effortless as they effectively establish a fascinating fresh Black Panther story. Read Full Review

I was nervous at first about having Black Panther meets Star Wars. However, Coates, Acuna, and Sabino are working so well together. They're giving us "A New Hope" for T'Challa and connecting this character for all ranges of fans. Read Full Review

A great continuation of the first issue with some awesome character moments punctuated by amazing art. Read Full Review

Things are starting to come into focus, but there are still unanswered questions. Gorgeous art from cover to cover, though. Read Full Review

It's a beautiful thing, although the action is surprisingly a little hard to follow. The dogfight probably shouldn't go for as long as it does, but the whole issue continues Coates' world-building and protagonist-raising. Read Full Review

The pacing of the story may then come across as too decompressed for some readers. The pacing change is a deliberate change from Coates’ earlier arcs on Black Panther, which were at times criticized for being too slow or philosophical. By contrast, “Many Thousands Gone” is thus far a sci-fi actioner. Those who have enjoyed Coates’ earlier arcs may find Black Panther #2 a little too light in feeling, but Coates continues to weave history, both real and fictional, into the background of the story, while Acuña gives the book an epic quality that makes every moment feel big. Read Full Review

Each element of this series is building a new monument and legacy to an already celebrated character, and it's clear this new series is something special. Read Full Review

Black Panther #2 is a good issue. It doesnt go beyond that, but it doesnt sink below it either. Its fun, TChalla remains one of Marvels best, and Daniel Acuna does incredible work with the visuals. This one comes with a recommendation. Check it out. Read Full Review

Nice, but maybe a little light?

It's very rare that an starting action scene not only is good, but also feels purposeful. You understand the stakes, and the highs and lows, instead of just two sides bashing each other for no reason. Art is still amazing, and the last third of the issue was intriguing

T-Challa is still a hero against imperialism, but here he is a rebel rather than a ruler. I think this is the Black Panther Coates always wanted to write, because this already feels more natural than his previous run on Black Panther.

The lion's share of the issue is devoted to T'Challa playing Luke Skywalker in an extended spaceship dogfight. That's backed up by our introduction to Emperor N'Jadaka and some more fascinating hints about the bigger shape of this story. While the art is powerful throughout, I feel like we got the short end of the stick in a "detail vs. speed" tradeoff in the dogfight scene. The Askaris' Masai fighters look embarrassingly generic. Also, giving it an ironic twist did NOT save the repetition of the great "every breath is a mercy" line from feeling forced and cheap.

I'm confused. Was there a time jump? The intro says that the Maroons added T'challa to their ranks 2 years ago. Was that 2 years since issue 1? Plus none of the questions from issue 1 were addressed here. Such as why do these characters have the same name as the earthbound Wakandan characters? If this is a mind wiped T'challa, how does this fit in with the main timeline? If it's not the main T'challa, why are we getting this story to begin with? And did the evil emperor just use a symbiote to kill his advisor? If so, then is this just one more Venom tie-in comic disguised as a Black Panther comic? So bizarre. Definitely feeling less jazzed than after issue 1. Still competent writing for this issue, even though the broader story is not coherent. And very enjoyable art by Daniel Acuna. more

At least Coates keep up with what he have show us in the first part. But maybe the surprised have past. I wasn't totally in.
I find some part hard to follow and I didn't enjoy the spacecraft chase.
So unlike Dr Strange he didn't succeed to confirm the feeling of the first Issue. In a way I'm relief because I have to cut in my list.

Cover - Nice & related 2/2
Writing - There is some good construction in this one. Even if it's wasn't for me. I recognize there is many thing interesting in it. 2/3
Arts - Maybe the art is in question. Acuna is too frozen for a chase between spacecraft. All the rest is stronger even if I didn't like the symbiot like scene. 1.5/3
Feeling - Not for me, but Worth the risk. 1/2

Coates' writing has improved enormously from the Black Panther books of just a few months ago. That said, a major source of confusion in this book comes from the dogfight scene at the beginning when Future T'Challa demonstrates a short range teleporting ability which he calls 'space folding'. The first time it happened I almost missed it. It wasn't emphasized well by the art. He does this two more times and even his allies express confusion about what is happening. It's not clear if this ability is built into his zulu fighter or if it comes from somewhere else. This all could have been better explained.

Future Killmonger looks really cool but it was embarrassing to see him steal that 'mercy' line from the Black Panther movie (which was in turn borrowed from Hickman's New Avengers). Thinking of it makes me wonder how good this book could be if it was written by a real comic book writer like Hickman. more

Don't like the flight scenes at all (visualy, thematicaly).

It feels like Star Wars.